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Proposals to deliver a “once in a lifetime” regeneration of Glasgow’s Charing Cross have taken a step forward with the submission...

Retirement Villages Group (RVG), owned by AXA IM Alts, has revealed the concept for its future collection of Integrated Retirement Communities,...

Untold Living, a new later living developer and operator, has received backing from Matter Real Estate to acquire and develop multiple...

Developer of affordable housing, Pocket Living, recently submitted a planning application for 74 homes targetted towards first-time buyers. The properties are adjacent...

Specialist UK Build to Rent (BTR) investor, Packaged Living, has entered a new joint venture with USAA Real Estate (USAARE). The joint...

Following a major planning application to Bradford Council, a ‘spectacular vision’ to transform a vacant office block on the edge of the...

Uplands Business Park on Blackhorse Lane in London will undergo some exciting changes in summer 2024. NEAT Developments and BlackRock Real Assets...

Build-to-rent (BTR) developer and operator, PLATFORM_, recently submitted a planning application to Leeds City Council.  The submission included plans to build a 1.3...

Following Liz Truss’s victory last week, Nicola Gooch and Claire Petricca-Riding of Irwin Mitchell have put the below together as to...

In the first quarter of this year, the number of planning applications received by councils in England has fallen by almost...

The average UK house price hit a fresh high in May, rising for the 11th month in a row, according to...

Not for the first time, the worlds of property and football have collided with the proposed takeover of beleaguered Derby County...

The UK private rented sector has become increasingly attractive to institutional, large-scale investors in recent years as returns on investment elsewhere...

The number of planning approvals dipped in April and appears to have continued into May, signalling the end of the post-Covid...

The best locations for planning permission approval across the UK have been revealed by new analysis carried out by Townscape Architects. The...

The Build to Rent (BTR) market has traditionally focused primarily on young professionals, with developments generally comprising apartment blocks with bolt-ons...

This week’s mini roundup involves successful results for Allsop, which raised £40 million worth of sales in its May auction and...

Radcliffe-on-Trent is set for 280 'quality' new homes courtesy of housebuilder Spitfire Homes, after it acquired a site with outline planning...

In this mini update, PIT looks at the latest in planning applications, with affordable factory-built homes in Hastings, high-quality homes anticipated...

Here, Giles Sutcliffe, head of affordable housing at Cluttons, shares his insight on what is needed in order to achieve affordable...

Labour’s London Assembly planning spokesperson has claimed that much-needed new homes will remain unbuilt and potential jobs unfilled without long-term investment...

While the level of new homes being granted planning permission dipped during the first year of the pandemic, this negative trend...

A housing development company wholly owned by Manchester City Council was formally launched late last week (Friday February 4) in order...

Galliard has purchased three major London commuter sites, which together have a combined GDV (gross development value) of approximately £265 million,...

This week’s development roundup highlights the latest in development and investment, from Elevate Property Group’s decade-long run and Legal & General’s...

Things that don’t mix well? Polka dots and stripes, planning and politics. The run-up to an election is usually an uncertain...

The seemingly endless growth of Build to Rent continues unabated, with the new partnership of Moda Living, Osborne + Co and MRP recently...

As we approach the end of another turbulent year, PIT takes a look at the latest auction news; iamsold partners with...

On Thursday night last week, it was announced that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's Planning Committee had voted unanimously,...

Despite COP26 now being finished, sustainability and the race towards net zero remain high up on the agenda, with PIT receiving...

For quite a number of years, the sky has literally been the limit for new residential, commercial and tourism-based towers –...

In this guest piece, Ufuk Bahar - founder of multi-disciplinary architecture practice, Urbanist Architecture, which specialises in maximising the ROI and viability of...

This development update is environmentally focused, with 51 high-quality schemes coming to Somerset, 120 net-zero homes suited for the retired community and...

Property developer Ballymore recently submitted a planning application for its latest major mixed-use quarter. The new development will be located on...

The UK has a longstanding problem with housing. A shortfall in available and viable land in areas with investment potential is...

Leading housebuilder Harron Homes Yorkshire has submitted planning application to Barnsley Metropolitan Council for 236 new homes. The proposals will regenerate a...

Candleriggs Square is undergoing a £300 million transformation that is the first of its kind in the UK.  Plans for the The...

An effective method for sourcing and obtaining sites is critical to the success of any property developer. Starting construction on a...

The West Bar development in Sheffield has been granted full planning approval meaning that construction work can begin within a few months....

A national property developer with a focus on residential, commercial and mixed-use schemes, in partnership with both the public and private...

Scarborough Group International (SGI) has submitted two reserved matters planning applications and a revised outline planning application for the next significant...

A number of community-led campaign groups are calling for a landmark Women’s Building and social housing on the former Holloway Prison...

A small project in property development industry terms can be quite literally life-changing from a personal income point of view. But...

A major new development in Birmingham reached a significant milestone yesterday as Lendlease and the City Council finalised a joint venture...

A campaign against major development changes to the area surrounding South Kensington station in Central London has secured a major win in...

Property Investor Today gains insight from Dudley Mills, land and planning director of property developers Kebbell, to uncover what the role is...

A residential and commercial property developer has submitted proposals for a 692-unit purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in Nottingham city centre. Godwin...

Since the onset of the pandemic, the concept of the 15-minute city has come to the forefront more than ever, with...

This week, Property Investor Today looks at the historic lots on offer at Network Auctions and Pugh, as well as a...

Tech company The Future Fox has received funding from Innovate UK and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to...

Like many other things, the high street developed over time as small residential settlements became towns, with more people coming to...

Since the coronavirus crisis began, there has been lots of talk about the death of the city-centre as people seek more...

Liverpool-based global property developer Romal Capital has reinforced its commitment to Liverpool’s Central Docks by committing £100 million to transform the derelict brownfield...

In this bumper development roundup, PIT explores regeneration projects in Sheffield, office to residential conversions in high-end Bloomsbury and schemes providing...

In a year of tumultuous uncertainty, where the headwinds of Covid-19 bore a number of new realities and decimated others, some...

Fast-growing Build to Rent company Moda Living has joined FOOTPRINT as a founding member, pledging its commitment to net zero carbon. FOOTPRINT is...

In this bumper development roundup - the final one of the year - we explore the planned creation of new developments and...

One of the biggest property investment trends of the year, driven by the pandemic and the devastation this has caused for...

In this opinion piece, Elizabeth Osborne - a legal director at Ashfords Solicitors - asks whether the government's proposed planning reforms will be dangerous...

As the clock ticks ever closer to the end of the transition period, and the start of post-Brexit Britain from January,...

You may have heard people say that as the coronavirus continues and a possible recession approaches, this spells the end of the...

The high street was already struggling before the pandemic, but Covid-19 has perhaps sent it into terminal decline. High streets in major...

With changes to the use class system and permitted development rights now in force, Christina Daniels and Marisia Beard of leading law firm...

A unique site in Havant has been visited by Environment Minister Rebecca Pow after its borough council became the first local...

The former Master Brewer Hotel in Hillingdon, which has been left vacant since 2012, has taken a step closer to being...

We know the government has made a real commitment to pushing the redevelopment of brownfield land, and recent research reveals that...

One of the biggest city centre regeneration schemes in the UK moved a step closer last week (July 24) as a...

A privately-owned property development company is aiming to take a step closer to bringing a well-known Maidstone landmark back into the...

Even in these troubled times, development work is still ongoing where it is safe and possible to do so, as evidenced...

One of the very few silver linings of the current coronavirus pandemic has been the seemingly positive impact lockdowns across the...

Developer Southern Grove has rescued out of receivership a site that was supposed to host the world’s most sustainable residential tower. The...

Under plans approved this week by Jules Pipe, the Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills, the site of a former...

In this week’s Women in Property Investment, we speak with Gemma Thomas, buying adviser for the northern Home Counties at Middleton...

Goodison Park, the home of Everton FC since 1892, is set to be converted into ‘high-quality, affordable housing’ and other uses...

In the penultimate part of this ongoing series on the capital’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today explores one of North London’s...

In the latest part of our series on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today finds out more about the dramatic plans...

New research from Churchill Home Insurance has revealed that nearly two million people have complained about planning permission applications since the...

More new homes are set to be delivered to West London after Inland Homes, a specialist developer of brownfield regeneration projects,...

In the latest part of our series focusing on London’s regeneration hotspots, Property Investor Today zones in on the ongoing transformation...

The number of retail properties approved for conversions to residential property has fallen 17% in the last year, from 453 in...

Property prices in South East London are set to increase faster than much of Greater London thanks to significant regeneration throughout...

A property in Swansea ‘beset with bad’ luck from the start is going under the hammer in London at the end...

London boroughs with an average house price of over £1 million are more likely to have planning permissions approved, according to...

Successful planning applications in England are up 6% since 2007, according to fresh data from Pure Commercial Finance. Planning for a major...

The rejuvenation plans for one of Bournemouth’s most famous locations have moved a step closer after the submission of a planning...

There has been record number of planning applications to build new homes in London this year, giving the city a genuine...

Plans have been approved for the construction of 2,750 new homes, as part of a new community development in the West...

Housebuilders may never meet the demand for housing north of the border due to the various challenges that they face when...

A planning application has been submitted by Peel Land and the Regenda Group to develop a £21m residential tower as part...

The housebuilding industry has opposed plans by the Scottish government to raise the maximum fee level for planning applications to £125,000...

Plans for a £175m mixed-use regeneration project on West Bar in Sheffield, which will create 1.4m sq ft of space fronting...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

Wolverton Works, a £100m regeneration project which will be located in the constituent town of Milton Keynes, has received planning permission St....

The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...

The government has been accused of 'failing to put its money where its mouth is' when it comes to housing after...

More than two-thirds of planning applications for the construction of new homes in London were approved during the second quarter of...

The Scottish government needs to build on the recent improvement in planning performance in order to help increase the supply of...

Values in both the residential and commercial property sectors look set to soar as demand continues to outstrip supply, new research...

A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive house prices upwards across Britain. But a significant increase in the number of...

There has been a sharp rise in the number of mega-basement planning applications across many parts of the capital as wealthy...